NHTSA campaign 11V304000

Toyota Recall 11V-304: ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM

NHTSA recall 11V304000 was reported by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing on June 1, 2011, with 52,377 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Toyota Prius for model years 2001–2003. Owners were notified on July 8, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 11V304000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 11V304000 (also written 11V-304 or 11V304)
Filed by: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
Report received: June 1, 2011
Potentially affected: 52,377 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Steering — Electric Power Assist System
Owners notified: July 8, 2011

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V304000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Toyota

Toyota Prius
- 2001, 2002, 2003 · Vehicles built January 28, 2000 – May 30, 2003 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V304000.

Defect description

TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2001 THROUGH 2003 PRIUS PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 28, 2000, THROUGH MAY 30, 2003. THE STEERING LINKAGE MAY LOOSEN, RESULTING IN REDUCED ELECTRIC STEERING ASSISTANCE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN.

Safety consequence

LOSS OF POWER STEERING, PARTICULARLY WHEN AN OPERATOR IS ACTIVELY INTENDING TO STEER THE VEHICLE, MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE NUTS IN THE STEERING LINKAGE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 8, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 11V304000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.